quote-of-the-day

Today’s quote of the day comes from a reply to the Freshmeat article Geek Chicks

You don’t become a geek, you discover that you are one

I haven’t had a quote-of-the-day for a while, and I just fell across this which really made me think:

The big media companies shouldn’t worry that people will post their copyrighted material on YouTube. They should worry that people will post their own stuff on YouTube, and audiences will watch that instead.

Its from The Power of the Marginal , a long but riveting article that appeared in my RSS feed from joel.reddit.com

The point being made here is spot on. The problem with easily-available media isn’t the proliferation of existing material being accessed by people who haven’t paid for the privilege. The risk is that the “little people”, the non-corporate-financed underlings, will be able to tap into the same channels as the big guys and reach the same audiences. We live in interesting times, don’t you think?

Which is used in the same sense as “the jury’s out”, meaning the decision hasn’t been made yet, or the outcome is unknown.

The strongest indication of a weak team is the realization that if you were to quit and start your own business, you wouldn’t try to poach any of your colleagues.

I saw this in a post about learning from failure on ranganwald’s blog and its so true!

I’ve just come across this quote on James Shore’s Website:

For an extrovert, socializing with strangers boosts their energy. For an introvert, socializing with strangers drains their energy

Someone who provides neither direction nor support for my project when I ask for it is not my manager – no matter where he apears on the org chart

I saw this on The Daily WTF